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Updated with expanded coverage of twenty-first century architecture, this new edition uniquely comprises a detailed survey of Western architecture as well as architecture from the Middle East, Africa, Central and South America, India, Russia, China and Japan. Significant revision also includes photographs and textual discussion of around 50 new buildings. Written in a clear and engaging style, the text encourages readers to examine the pragmatic, innovative and aesthetic attributes of buildings. Artistic, economic, environmental, political, social and technological contexts are discussed. The global reach of the text is matched by a rich assortment of photographs from around the world and a greater array of detailed line drawings than in any architectural survey. The authors have created a formidable body of work that ranges over much of the world's architectural heritage and testifies to some of the greatest achievements of the human spirit.

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Michael Fazio is Emeritus Professor of Architecture at Mississippi State University. His most recent book is titled The Domestic Architecture of Benjamin Henry Latrobe (2006). The late Marian Moffett taught architectural history at the University of Tennessee and was co-author of A History of Western Architecture (1989) with Lawrence Wodehouse. Lawrence Wodehouse, also deceased, taught architectural history at the University of Dundee and various American universities. His many books included British Architects 1840 to 1976 (1978) and White of McKim, Mead, and White (1988).

Bought this for my grandson who is entering the university with a major in math and structural engineering. He loves the study of buildings and how they are constructed. While this tome highlights "architecture" in its title, it is an excellent history of buildings on planet Earth since the beginning of time. It's a heavy book and not something for ones backpack.

This was a gift for my husband who wanted a good architecture book. He's travelled a lot, so has been to a lot of the places, and says the book (text + pictures) are very well done. It does read like a manual, so he'll read a few chapters then goes back to his novel for the night, but he is very happy with it.